Drat It: We all need a lion in our lives

3:23 AM,
Apr. 22, 2013

Written by

Gere Goble
Features editor

I remember the bogeyman. He hid in my closet, because there was so much junk under my bed not even the skinniest monster had a shot at hiding there. As long as I made sure the closet door was shut tight, I knew I was safe. If I somehow forgot to shut it at bedtime, I'd have to get up and go close it.

Getting out of bed without a light while that door was ajar was one of the scariest things imaginable. Before doing so, I would have to summon one of my two guardians.

The first of these was my invisible lion. For a child with so wild an imagination, I was oddly practical. At a very young age, I decided my lion (he never ...